Martha RayeThe following is from an Army Aviator who takes a trip down memory lane: "It was just before Thanksgiving '67 and we were ferrying dead and wounded from a large GRF west of Pleiku. We had run out of body bags by noon, so the Hook (CH-47 CHINOOK) was pretty rough in the back. All of a sudden, we heard a 'take-charge' woman's voice in the rear.

There was the singer and actress, Martha Raye, with a Special Forces beret and jungle fatigues, with subdued markings, helping the wounded into the Chinook, and carrying the dead aboard. Maggie' had been visiting her Special Forces (SF) 'heroes' out 'west'.

We took off, short of fuel, and headed to the USAF hospital pad at Pleiku. As we all started unloading our sad pax's, a USAF Captain said to Martha.... "Ms Raye, with all these dead and wounded to process, there would not be time for your show!"

To all of our surprise, she pulled on her right collar and said "Captain, see this eagle? I am a full 'Bird' in the US Army Reserve, and on this is a 'Caduceus' which means I am a Nurse, with a surgical specialty.... now, take me to your wounded!"

He said, "Yes ma'am.... follow me."

Several times at the Army Field Hospital in Pleiku, she would 'cover' a surgical shift, giving a nurse a well-deserved break. Martha is the only woman buried in the SF (Special Forces) cemetery at Ft Bragg.

Samuel O BlairMelanie - Thank you for making this memorial. There is, however, a correction to the name. Samuel's middle initial is Q not O. It is hard to see on the tombstone but what has been picked up as the . after the letter is indeed the curl of the Q. - Samuel is my husband's great grandfather. Family history is that Samuel had no middle name or initial. When he enlisted for the civil war, he was told that he needed at least an initial so he chose Q. His name is engrave on the Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg. Again, thank you for your contribution to Find A Grave. Lynita (Mrs. David Blair) Pollock

"I couldn't help but notice that you provided the bio for LCpl Chance Russell Phelps. I think it would be nice and appropriate to add that the Movie, "Taking Chance," starring Kevin Bacon, depicts Chance's transport home to Wyoming, also providing a heart warming bio of him and his family. I was so very moved by that Movie, as I'm sure hundreds of thousands of others were, that I purchased it to share with my grandsons. It really made Chance Russell Phelps "famous" in our hearts. Blessings, Sandi :-)-----------------Thanks, Richard

We are related! I believe we exchanged e-mail in Jan 2012. I live in California, but I'm in Erie this week, doing research. I'm pulling about 300 obituaries from the library, and visiting about 10 cemeteries in Erie, Edinboro, and Girard. Would you like to meet for a drink?

RE: Carol?Hi, I am sorry, but I thought you might know how I can resolve this. She (Carol)seems to have gone around entering info on graves as a hobby & she has passed away & she now "owns" some of my family graves. One of the is Pearl Meyer, my mother in law. I saw your name & I thought you are familiar with her.